In recent years, there has been a proliferation of studies commissioned by system integrators and OEM vendors claiming that in-building wireless coverage is insufficient and that consumers and em...
https://www.steelintheair.com/blog/private-network-surveys-polls/
We examined applications for environmental notice to the FCC for the last month. Here are the companies that have been most active in submitting to the FCC over that time frame. Notably, T...
https://www.steelintheair.com/blog/which-us-tower-companies-were-most-active-in-jan-2024/
Recently, Black Dot (a cell tower lease optimization company) has been contacting landowners with a new slick produced video where they claim that cell towers are “now nearly extinct”. They...
https://www.steelintheair.com/blog/will-satellites-replace-cell-towers-unpacking-black-dots-claims/
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in offers to landowners to “pre-pay” cell tower leases with a single lump sum, instead of regular monthly payments, as is typical for m...
https://www.steelintheair.com/blog/prepaid-cell-tower-lease/
The Wireless Infrastructure Association recently issued a white paper that included their estimates of the number of macrocells, cell towers, and small cells in the US at the end of 2022. In the ...
During my early days in the wireless industry, while employed by a tower company, I worked alongside a site acquisition vendor named Nape Touchstone. Eventually, I ended up forming a company with...
https://www.steelintheair.com/blog/the-early-days-of-the-cell-tower-lease-buyout-business/
2022 turned out to be a strong year for wireless activity. Wireless capital expenditures were the highest in the last 5 years. Carrier activity focused on modifying existing site and adding mid...
In a surprise ruling, the FCC determined that a landowner was responsible for removing a 375’ guyed tower on their property after the broadcaster that built it (and subsequent broadcast owners)...
https://www.steelintheair.com/blog/fcc-orders-landowner-to-remove-abandoned-tower/
As we enter 2024, we thought it might be helpful to summarize what we have been seeing with new leases and existing leases in rural areas. Please do not contact us about how you can get a tower o...
https://www.steelintheair.com/blog/2024-rural-cell-tower-lease-update-steel-in-the-air/
Now that we have passed the midpoint of 2023, we thought it might be helpful to share our observations from the first half of 2023 and our expectations for the latter half. First, we start w...
https://www.steelintheair.com/blog/update-on-2022-in-wireless-analysis-and-expectations/